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Hi, I have a 13 year old hen who has been getting quite a mucky bum lately as she is quite large and fluffy, however I have noticed today there's a strange rubbery yellow substance. I bathed her but the yellow stuff is stuck to her like a scab but very soft and rubbery and seems tender. Have...

Hi, I recently re homed a couple of 3 year old silkies. When I collected them I was told that one has some troubles walking, and that they took her to the vet who said it was likely due to splayed leg as a chick. However she doesn’t seem as perky as the other silkie… lies down a lot and tends...

Hi, I have a 13 year old hen who seems quite happy, however she has recently developed something I have never seen before. When she walks, she looks as if she has something stuck to her leg or is tripping over a stick. It’s a funny leg movement/ trip in one leg when she walks. She’s quite a...

My hen has a long history of bumblefoot… she had it for a while in her foot pad last year with two failed attempts on antibiotics, however it seemed to settle. Recently she has developed it on the end of her toe… I have been daily Epsom salt soaking it for a little while, along with wrapping it...

Hi, my hen has recently developed bumblefoot right at the front of her middle toe on the pad. There’s a large scab and slight swelling/ redness. I have removed the scab a couple times and not found anything. I have also been soaking the foot for 15 minuets most days. I removed the scab today to...

Hi, I rescued a male duck last summer and got a younger female to keep him company, before rescuing 2 other ex egg laying females. They all got along very well until suddenly the male got very fond of the younger duck. She now will spend the whole day on a rock, as it’s the only place he can’t...

My x battery hen had a case of bumble foot in September, with a black scab on the bottom of her foot which was drained of puss but deeper infection was stuck inside. Since then the swelling has moved from the base of her foot (which is now healed) to her upper foot/ ankle. She was limping very...

I’m at a point of having to try all options with my hens prolonged case of bumble foot. She has no scab anymore and just a swallen foot with trapped infection, and after a a weeks worth of antibiotics from the vet, they have given us no other options. I read online an ointment with silver in has...

my ex battery hen caught bumble foot in September, and after a failed surgery the swelling appeared on her upper food/ ankle. She went through a weeks worth of antibiotics last month. We took her back to the vet today (not a poultry vet) who suggested putting her down but I thought I would try...

She has laid an egg this morning which had some blood residue on it, have separated her from the others but wondering if there’s anything I need to do to help?

should i put straw in my chickens nesting box? the man at mole valley said we were wasting our money and the chickens will choke on it. what do you think i should do

my chicken has been sneezing like a horn for a while now and i was wondering if it is something serious. is there any thing i can do without taking her to the vet?

my chickens seam a little bored. is there anything i can put in their coop to entertain them?

i called my 2 chickens out today when they were in the coup and my rooster made a squeaking noise. when i was feeding them some food he made it again and then opened his mouth to breath. do u know whats wrong with him and what should i do??